Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-11-14

beloved colors shown to the public, even
at his death. The crowds on the streets
craned their necks to get glimpse of this
most imposing of ell hearses in the pageant.
Then another band wheeled into Lake
street, followed by many hundreds of men,
bers of the Central Labor Union, who are
among the most extreme Socialists of the
city.
Behind them came the hearse in which
lay the coffin of Adolph Fischer, be who
yelled, Hurrsh for Anarchyl' at the
moment he was hanged. His hearse was
well supplied with flowers, but for some
reason no red silk emblem of his faith had
been thrown across the casket in which
were his remains.
Then came the funeral carriage of Albert
r. Parsons. On the box, by the driver sat
man holding in his hands floral tribute
OF such size that the inscription of flowers,
e From K. of L. Assembly, 1907" could be
seen hundred feet away. On Parsons
cofin-lnstead of great sash of red-there
was simple strip of red silk ribbon, which
was trailed carelessly from the head of the
casket to its center, and was then strung
along the floor of the hearse until it wound
itself in little heap at the foot
IT Is SUGGESTIVE OF SERPENT"
Was the remark of an onlooker. Then
along came another cohort OF the Central
Labor Union-butchers, bakers and repre-
sentatives of all sorts of trades. Behind
these were drawn the hearses of George
Engel and Louis Lingg. Over both the
black collins were the inevitable red BAN
nerS
All through this, which may be called
the first part of the demonstration, were
interspersed carriages containin relatives
and near friends of the dead Anarchists.
but the original programme was changed
IN the hurry and confusion of getting the
line together. So the carriages of mourn
ers became somewhat mixed.
THE NEXT FEATURE
Of the procession was the turnout of peo-
pie who followed after the hearses. There
were men, women and children. In ranks
OF four to eight deep they swung into
Lake street. Not word was uttered by
those in the ranks or on the corners. The
most noticeable feature of this part of the
pageant was the showing made by two
local Assemblies of Knights of Labor,
composed wholly of women. All of these
wore flaming red scarlet in their hats
Bows OF crimson at their throats, and long
streamers of crimson from their shoulders,
made the appearance of the working wo-
men an object of comment In front of
them marched Miss Mary Mccormick,
Master Workman of the organization.
She was attended by two others, and the
trio carried q huge wreath, to the top OF
which was attached snow white-dove,
the emblem of peace. (It will be remem-
bered that the signal for the gathering at
Haymarket Square was the printed Ger
man word Ruhe, meaning peace) This
was the only white dove in the whole line.
After the long line of people on foot had
passed, came carriages to the number of
fifty. The procession went east on Lake
street, south on Fifth avenue and past the
building in which was formerly the office
of August Spies and Albert Z. Parsons.
when they wrote the bloodthirsty editorials
for their respective papers.
AS the first ranks of the Aurora Turn
Verein passed the building some QUE of its
members raised in the air small United
States flag, and waved it over his head.
This was signal for cheer from the
loyal spectators on the sidewalk. In half
an hour more the procession halted at the
depot on Polk street, and the coffins of the
dead men were carried out by the pail
bearers and deposited in a baggage-car
which then was attached to the train.
A MAMMOTH FUNERAL TRAIN.
Forty cars were required to take out the
members of the procession, and hundreds
of others, besides those in carriages, went
out on different routes. So dense was the
crowd on the tracks that when the train
pulled out 1t was at a snsil's pace. Every
street crossing and every viaduct was
blocked with human beings, who looked
curiously at the trains as they passed by.
Out through the Bohemian district the
wheels rolled, and as the slowly moving
train passed many Bohemian women,
whose husbands had taken part in the riot
GUS scenes of May, 1886, peered out of their
windows and over the back fences to get
glimpse of the car in which were the re-
mains of the men who had preached an
archy to their spouses and led them in
many a strike.
There was no incident of special note
during the "trip to Waldheim. Arrived
there the people quickly dismounted, and
band led the way to the cemetery, playing
the most mournful piece of the day. High
on the shoulders of their one-time asso-
ciates were the black coffins of the Anarch-
lists, each half hidden by its display of fam
ing red.
INSIDE THE CEMETERY
The coffins were laid upon rude platform
in front of what seemed rough stone hut.
perfectly windowless and with only one
small door. A moment later person who
had followed the coffins to this point
couldn't stir a hand or foot in any direc-
ton, SO thick had the crowd become
INCENDIARY ADDRESSES.
The relatives of the dead men quickly
gathered beside Captain Black on the plat
form. The Captain delivered the first of
the funeral orations. 1t was couched in
clear-cut, elegant language, but had no
effect on the crowds. 1t was principally
devoted to laudation of the dead men.
Robert Reitzel spoke next in German,
and was rather violent in his denunciation
of everyone connected with the trial. He
reused up the crowd considerably.
|. j. Morgan, rabid English Socialist,
followed in violent harangue Oh the pres
ent cordition of society. He said there
could be nothing but contempt for the law
which hung his comrades. Here an ex-
cited listener yelled,
THROTTLE THE LAW"
Morgan continued to speak in the most
bitter terms of all connected with the An
archists' case.
The last speech was by Albert Carrlin,
formerly of the Arbeiter Zeitun0. He
scarcely got fair start on what apparently
was about to be a typical anarchy harangue,
when Captain Black stopped him. 1t was
pitch dark, and the people were being
wrought up to high pitch by the oratory
and surroundings.
The coffins were secured in the vault,
and the people made their way to the car
riages and trains. The great object-lesson
of the century was at an end.
A BOLD ACT.
Attempt to Assassinste a Milltisman just